{"id":21850,"date":"2004-02-26T01:01:01","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T07:10:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-19T07:10:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T07:10:37","slug":"era_kerry_s_back_door_to_gay_marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2004\/02\/26\/era_kerry_s_back_door_to_gay_marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"ERA: Kerry\u2019s Back Door to Gay Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p><BR\/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/kerry_s_back_door_to_gay_marriage.Par.0002.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"142\" height=\"192\" class=\"alignright\"\/>The amendment read: <strong><emphasize>&#8220;Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.&#8221; <\/emphasize><\/strong>Writes Neumayr, &#8220;It was a lawyer\u2019s delight. It said nothing. It opened everything up to litigation. It was an amendment to the Constitution which opponents said then would establish a justification of same-sex marriage. Harvard law professor Paul Friend testified to a Senate subcommittee during ERA hearings that gay marriage would logically result from the Equal Rights Amendment.&#8221;<\/line><BR\/> Kerry called the ERA &#8220;the only systematic way to achieve full equality for women under law, including equal opportunity in employment, equal pay and an end to sex discrimination in insurance, pensions and annuities.&#8221; Here Kerry was all for amending the Constitution when it meant sucking up to the radical feminists, but now it\u2019s the end of the world. Of course you realize I\u2019m &#8220;challenging Kerry patriotism&#8221; by even mentioning his record. We\u2019re not supposed to do this. I am taking a huge risk. This man may become president, and therefore may end up running the FCC!<\/line><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windows\/windowsmedia\/en\/download\/default.asp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/kerry_s_back_door_to_gay_marriage.Par.0005.ImageFile.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"18\" class=\"alignleft\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The amendment read: &#8220;Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.&#8221; Writes Neumayr, &#8220;It was a lawyer\u2019s delight. It said nothing. It opened everything up to litigation. 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